We are giving away a pair of tickets to the Brendan Rivera & Cassino show this weekend, Saturday June 8th, at Santos Party House in New York City. The first person to reply to this and can attend the show will receive a pair of tickets.

Brendan Rivera is a former Absolute 100 pick who describes his music as "Irish-Americana indie rock." His new album, No Ocean in Ireland, comes out in June 12 via Veggie Co. Records, but you can stream it now on his AP.net profile. Keep an ear out for a piano part by The Starting Line's Brian Schmutz on "Sands of Ours." Recommended if you like Mumford & Sons, Good Old War and Jimmy Eat World. You can pick it up on vinyl here.

The Brooklyn-based Rivera penned and recorded his first full album, The Musician with his longtime friend turned producer Mike Kalajian in 2008. The collective, Looking Glass Wars was formed, and they began playing The Musician at clubs throughout NYC. Looking Glass Wars would go on to play east coast shows and tours with the likes of Anthony Green, Silverstein, The Starting Line and Aiden. The band collectively wrote and released an EP titled a Place in a Parlor before disbanding shortly after.

Not being able, or willing to slow his creative process, Rivera immediately continued writing songs for...

Brendan Rivera is currently taking pre-orders for his new album, No Ocean in Ireland through Kickstarter. The album was produced by Mike Kalajian (Ace Enders, The Audition, Moving Mountains) and Greg Dunn of Moving Mountains.

Absolute 100 artist Brendan Rivera posted the first song from his upcoming album on bandcamp. "Hole in the Curtain" is packaged as a single with two previously unreleased b-sides. The album was produced by Greg Dunn and mastered by Mike Kalajian.

Absolute 100 artist Brendan Rivera recently entered the studio with producer Mike Kalajian (Ace Enders, Just Surrender) to record the drums for his next album. The rest of the recording will be helmed by producer Gregory Dunn (Moving Mountains) later this month. The process will be documented and released with the new album this spring on Veggie Co. Records.

Body of Land is the debut solo album from Brendan Rivera, guitarist and songwriter for Looking Glass Wars (part of 2008's Absolute 100), and let's just say, the kid has got it. Do yourself a favor and stream the entire album on his AP.net Profile, then let us know what you think!